SURF Installation Engineer

SURF Installation Engineer

Location: Paris, France (initially), with subsequent trips or residency in Suriname and travel to Europe, Egypt, Brazil, and the USA
Contract Type: Annually Renewable Contract
Status: Residential
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 12-month initial contract

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, define, implement, follow up, and control UFR Transportation and Installation activities, including studies and offshore works.
• Analyze results and issue or validate recommendations to control contractor works during the Execution Phase, ensuring compliance with project specifications, procedures, discipline requirements, and international codes.
• Propose alternative technical solutions as needed, considering project constraints.
• Ensure timely and adequate reporting of progress concerns and proactively anticipate problems, optimize processes, and offer solutions within the discipline.
• Participate in project reviews (HAZOP, HAZID, SPOT, PR) and safety/technical audits for installation engineering scope.
• Supervise and control detailed engineering by reviewing and validating contractor documentation, ensuring compliance with technical specifications, procedures, and standards.
• Raise comments and highlight unsafe design, deviations, or constructability, installation, and pre-commissioning issues.
• Participate in meetings with contractors and interface with other discipline and package engineers to ensure consistency across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.
• Support the handover process to ensure smooth transition from SURF scope to commissioning readiness.
• Coordinate loadouts, MWS review, and logistics interfaces.
• Interface with relevant entities to secure authorizations for offshore operations in Suriname.
• Participate in loadouts, installation phase, tests, commissioning, and handover during offshore work campaigns.
• Ensure safe working practices throughout all project phases, especially onboard installation vessels.
• Demonstrate exemplary HSE behavior and implement HSE rules and requirements within area of responsibility.

Requirements

• Master's degree in engineering, with specialization in subsea pipeline/risers.
• At least 15 years of professional experience in Oil & Gas deepwater projects as an Installation Engineer, both onshore and offshore.
• Knowledge of relevant codes and standards for subsea pipeline and riser installation.
• Experience with rigid pipelines, flexibles, risers, and general transport and installation of SURF scope.
• Strong communication skills, dynamism, high motivation, organizational skills, leadership, and the ability to put issues into perspective.
• Ability to work on complex projects in a multicultural environment.